樒

Translingual

Han character

樒 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木十心山 (DJPU), composition ⿰木密)

1. Japanese star anise (), a tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 549, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15428
• Dae Jaweon: page 937, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1284, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6A12

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		樒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (必) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
泌	*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍	*priɡs, *priɡ
邲	*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇	*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	*pliɡ, *bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	*bliɡ, *briɡ
駜	*bliɡ, *briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	*mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	*smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mat⁶
    • Yale: maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mit

Rime
Character	樒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	美畢切
Baxter	mit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjit̚/
Li Rong	/mjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/mĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mriɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樒
Reading #	1/1
No.	590
Phonetic component	必
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	密
Old Chinese	/*mriɡ/
Notes	同榓

Definitions

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References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 131

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Japanese

Kanji

樒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): みつ (mitsu)
• Kun: じんこう (jinkou), しきみ (shikimi)

Noun

樒(しきみ) or 樒(シキミ) • (shikimi) 

1. シキミ: Japanese star anise, a highly toxic tree

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シキミ.

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Korean

Hanja

樒 • (mil) (hangeul 밀, revised mil, McCune–Reischauer mil, Yale mil)

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